 Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade!...  The Tatler - Page 17by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 448 pages
...much deceiv'd; in nothing am I chang'd, But in my garments. Glo. Methinks, yon are hetter spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place;— stand still.—...and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce ao gross as heetles: Halfway down Hangsonet hat gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Natural history - 1828 - 256 pages
...more applicable to the present subject, than some lines I read a few days ago, written by Shakspeare. -How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so...and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire — dreadful trade! Methinks he seems... | |
 | 1828 - 298 pages
...Shakespeare. " There is a cliff, whose high and bending head1 Looks fearfully on the confined deep. — How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the mid-way air, Seem scarce so gross as beetles* Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade I Mi-thinks... | |
 | W. Davidson - Lanark (Scotland) - 1828 - 244 pages
...were then unknown. GUIDE TO THE SCENERY. GUIDE TO THE SCENERY. •*• CHAPTER IX. JFM. ' How fearful 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles." 8HAK8FEARE. THE more delightful part of our task is before us: and,... | |
 | English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...head, or a very bid one. Come on, sir, here's the place : stand still f how fearful And dizzy .'Its In cast one's eyes so low? The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gruss as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire— Dreadful trade .' Mcthinks he seems... | |
 | Provincial Scotsman - Brussels (Belgium) - 1829 - 300 pages
...following picture :— " Come on, Sir: here') the place:—stand still:—l,mv fearful And dizzy 'tin, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the mid-way air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Mcthinks he seems... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...Edg. You arc much dccei " " ' chang'd, But in my garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir ; here's the place :— Stand still. —How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cost one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs,8 that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...on us. And would have reft theyuAer* of their prey, Had not they been very slow of sail. Shakrpeare. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The fiihermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice. III. King Lear. Here comes Romeo, — Without... | |
 | Botany - 1830 - 632 pages
...than eaten by cattle. E.) t (From xfiSi), barley ; the seeds somewhat resembling that grain. £.) J (" Come on, Sir, here's the place— stand still. How...and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers Samphire ; dreadful trade ! " Samphire,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...deceiv'd ; in nothing am I chang'd, But in my garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place; — stand still. —...and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems... | |
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